Chapter 24 - Nora’s Plea

The cases took time.
Eventually Nora entered a negotiated plea to serious offenses supported by the evidence, including conduct related to the contaminated drink and the art-fraud conspiracy.
Adrian did as well under separate terms.
Restitution orders.
Asset forfeiture where appropriate.
Custodial consequences.
Supervision afterward.
No life sentence.
No theatrical judge calling her evil for ten minutes.
The record was enough.
I submitted a victim-impact statement.
Short.
I did not discuss money.
I wrote:
My daughter believed she had to protect me from her mother.
May you like
That is the harm I cannot value.
Then I stopped.